Player-piano.



R. W. SCOTT.

PLAYER PIANO.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1913.

Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

ygz wvawtoz fiattoawun UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAY W. SCOTT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NEW YORK ATTACHABLE PLAYER ACTION 00., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PLAYER-PIANO.

Original application filed September 13, 1910, Serial No. 581,895.

Specification of Letters Patent.

16, 1913. Scria1No.7 12,4=14.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY W. Soon, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Player-Pianos, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in music spool supporting mechanism, more particularly as adapted for use in automatic playing pianos and has for one of its principal objects means for collapsing or folding the mechanism when not in use so that it occupies a position out of the way.

This application is a division of my former patent application Serial Number 581,895, filed September 13, 1910.

Referring to the accompanying drawings I have illustrated in perspective, partly broken away and partly in dotted outline, an application of my invention as applied to the front of a piano.

2 is the usual key bottom of the piano to which is secured suitable brackets such as 3 at the lower ends of which are secured suitable racks such as 1 which may be suitably fastened to the front of the key bottom as shown at 5.

GG indicate slide supports for the lower spool 7 over which the sheet of music 11 passes, these supports being adapted to slide in and out upon the racks 1 which it will also be observed are provided with teeth upon the lower face such as 8.

9-9 are the arms supporting the upper spool such as 10 and are pivotally mounted as indicated at 12 and are provided with suitable pinions such as 13 adapted to engage the teeth 8 of the racks 4.

From the foregoing it will be observed that when the sheet of music such as 11 has wound off the upper spool 10 passing over the tracker board 1 1 and has accumulated upon the lower spool 7, the arms 9-9 may be rotated rightwardly upon the bearing 12 thereby causing the pinions 13 to travel leftwardly along the racks 4, at the same time carrying with it the slides 66 upon which said arms 9 9 are mounted until the structure assumes the position shown in dotted outline. This it will be seen causes the entire spool supporting mechanism to shift beneath the front of the piano and of course the tracker board 14 may be suitably mounted upon the slides 6*-6 so as to move out of the way therewith.

Of course it will be understood that various modifications may be made without. departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the claims.

I claim:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, a slidable framework, supports beneath the key board of the piano, a movable frame upon said framework carrying music rolls, and a connection between said movable frame and said slidable framework whereby said slidable framework moves backward beneath said key board when said movable frame is turned down.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a slidable framework, supports beneath the key board of the piano, a movable frame upon said framework carrying music rolls, and a connection between said movable frame and said slidable framework whereby said slidable framework moves backward beneath said key board when said movable frame is turned down, and a tracker secured upon said slidable framework.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RAY 1V. SCOTT.

Vitnesses LOUISE ENDERLE,

THOMAS A. HILL.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

